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The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
7.7
2023

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

The buried memories of the Spanish Civil War are unearthed as a woman searches for the remains of her grandfather's fath...

Our Time Will Come
6.0
2017

Our Time Will Come

In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forgin...

The Cardinal
6.5
1963

The Cardinal

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office ...

The Floating Castle
7.4
2012

The Floating Castle

In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan und...

The Deerslayer
7.0
1943

The Deerslayer

Deerslayer, a white man who was brought up by the Mohicans, helps his old tribe when the Hurons steal Princess Wah Tah, ...

The Old Testament
7.7
1963

The Old Testament

The Jews of Jerusalem are driven out by their Syrian rulers. They gather their forces, and return to drive out their opp...

Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
5.6
1994

Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen

This film is based on the actual events referred to as the "Mühlviertler Hasenjagd" (Hare-hunt in the Mühlviertel) which...

The Royal Siren
6.0
2010

The Royal Siren

Constance, 1410. Marie, daughter of the richest bourgeois of the city, is on the eve of marrying a prestigious lawyer, s...

The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung
6.8
1978

The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung

In the 18th century, Emperor Chien Lung makes a journey into Southern China.

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
6.7
1952

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

Sakuran
6.5
2006

Sakuran

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigat...

Zulu Dawn
6.1
1979

Zulu Dawn

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

11 Rebels
7.1
2024

11 Rebels

When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the I...

Untamable Angelique
6.5
1967

Untamable Angelique

Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.

Barabbas
6.9
1961

Barabbas

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israe...

Swatantrya Veer Savarkar
5.6
2024

Swatantrya Veer Savarkar

From his years as a student in England to his return to India and his involvement in the Indian independence struggle, t...

Restoration Fire
7.0
1961

Restoration Fire

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner ba...

A City of Sadness
7.5
1989

A City of Sadness

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression t...

Suffragette
7.2
2015

Suffragette

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue...